Facebook emails shed light on early days of Cambridge Analytica scandal

A newly revealed document shows Facebook employees discussing Cambridge Analytica before the story exploded in the media. 

NBC News' Dylan Byers reported on the document Friday morning. Not long after Byers' report dropped, Facebook published the document via its press site, under the defensive-sounding header, "Document Holds the Potential for Confusion." 

Here is what the document contains: In emails from September and October 2015, Facebook employees discussed the possibility of "data scraping" by the "sketchy" Cambridge Analytica. One employee says "there are likely a few data policy violations here." Read more...

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